Re: [eclipse-dev] Why eclipse-dev gets so many user posts -- and why the

["Hugo A. Garcia" <hgarcia@xxxxxxxx>]

hey

I promise too. We could start a mailing list on the theme of news
readers but the point you have made is the important one. News is not an
easy format to use.

I hope the powers that be consider strongly the establishment of a email
group. It shouldn't take more that a week to set up. As an alternative I
propose to use egroups at yahoo. It is not the best solution but it is
the simplest thing to do. We could then post at the newsgroup that there
is an as hoc discussion for those of us that need to use email.

-H


Quoting Mariano Kamp <mkamp@xxxxxx>:

> Hi,
> 
>   I don't want to start a discussion about nntp reader on linux
> here.
> Just one posting. 
> 
>   Yes, you're right. There is mozilla, tin, trln and especially
> knode
> and pan. But none of those work ok for me. Mozilla keeps forgetting
> which mails it already downloaded and so from time to time and need
> to
> get all 30.000 messages all over again. Pan is cool, but doesn't
> have
> enough features. Have you ever tried to follow the discussions you
> are a
> stakeholder in?
> 
>   It is much easier with email, at least for me.
> 
>   Ok, I promise to never speak up about what newsreaders are good or
> bad
> on this list.
> 
> Mariano
> 
> > 
> > I use Linux too... you might want to try using Mozilla as a front
> end... 
> > 
> > -H
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting Mariano Kamp <mkamp@xxxxxx>:
> > 
> > > I do also fully agree. 
> > > It's sometimes a real burden to use newsgroups at all and
> behind
> > > corporate firewalls it is almost impossible. The webinterface
> > > doesn't
> > > help really.
> > > 
> > > Btw. It is hard to find any good newsreader for offline
> reading,
> > > especially for linux. I know that it is possible to setup inn
> and
> > > suck
> > > and uucp etc., but for most people, like me, that is too much
> effort
> > > for
> > > doing something which you usually get for free in terms of a
> > > mailing
> > > list and an archive.
> > > 
> > > Mariano
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 07:15, Hugo A. Garcia wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I agree... a mail list for users is more accesible than a
> > > newsgroup. Some
> > > > of us live behind a very restrictive firewall and newsgroup
> access
> > > is not
> > > > feasable BUT email is always accesible in one form or
> another.
> > > > 
> > > > -H
> > > > 
> > > > 
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